Color blocking is a design element that offers a simple - often colored geometric shapes combined with neutral colors and patterns. This is something that is seen in many areas of modern art. For example, the paintings of Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, with some of the most famous colored block in the modern world with its "mix" of songs.
In fact, the Mondrian style color blocking immortalized in pop culture on television show "The Partridge Family." Their tour bus was painted in a style Mondrian. However, color blocks generally considered today is very different. More recently, the block of color to be a part of the design of the fabric / garment itself, or may refer to the style created using basic clothing essentially neutral in the company of a single element in a contrasting color - even flattering - of color.